Tag Archives: Health
Not to be sniffed at: Agony of post-COVID-19 loss of smell
NICE, France - The doctor slid a miniature camera into the patient's right nostril, making her whole nose glow red with its bright miniature light. "Tickles a bit, eh?" he asked as he rummaged around ...
Feb 23, 2021
Canada to receive record 640K vaccine doses this week with Pfizer, Moderna deliveries
OTTAWA - Canada is poised to receive a record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to scheduled deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, as the country looks to speed up its vaccinati...
Feb 22, 2021
Kentucky storm holds up Canadian vaccine delivery as shipper hurries to catch up
OTTAWA - The "big lift" for Canada's COVID-19 vaccination efforts this week has been sideswiped by a big snowdrift. UPS temporarily closed its operations in Louisville, Ky., Monday because the city re...
Feb 17, 2021
Labour group demands meeting over COVID-19 outbreak at Olymel pork plant in Red Deer
RED DEER, Alta. - The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour wants a meeting with the premier and provincial labour minister to ensure workplaces with COVID-19 outbreaks are shut down. Gil McGo...
Feb 16, 2021
Poll finds most Canadians blame federal government for vaccine delays
OTTAWA - The vast majority of Canadians blame Ottawa rather than provincial governments for delays in COVID-19 vaccine delivery, a new poll suggests.Sixty-nine per cent of respondents believe Canada i...
Feb 16, 2021
Canada's top doctors warn escalating COVID-19 variant spread threatens third wave
OTTAWA - Canada's top doctors say COVID-19 infections appear to be on a downward trend but worrisome variants are posing an increasing threat to containing the pandemic.Chief Public Health Officer The...
Feb 12, 2021
Deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada set to more than quadruple next week
OTTAWA - A month-long slowdown in Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the mi...
Feb 11, 2021
Feds to require negative COVID-19 test at land borders
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.Trudeau says the new measure will kick in Feb. ...
Feb 09, 2021
Feds to require negative COVID-19 test at land borders
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.Trudeau says the new measure will kick in Feb. ...
Feb 09, 2021
Canada to get up to 1.1 m more doses by March through global vaccine alliance
OTTAWA - Canada could get more than one million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March through a global vaccine sharing initiative known as COVAX. But as with most things COVID-19, v...
Feb 03, 2021